quote:Originally posted by Fifi29:
it is true that a cold and the flu are both viral illnesses, however they are caused by different viruses. If anyone is interested here's a link that describes the differences in full.
I had the flu once in my life and was in bed for 2 weeks, with a fever, aching all over, vomiting, coughing to name just a few. So I totally understand how wound up people feel when a colleague comes in to the office, sneezes, blows their nose and then says "I've got a terrible flu" I wanna shout out, panto style, "Oh no you dont!!"
yeah whenever my OH gets a slight sniffle he has "flu" according to him. When I had a cold a few weeks ago he told people I had flu! I guess thats why they call a cold "man flu"